Seven Ages of Britain - Netflix

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In an ambitious and fascinating series, David Dimbleby reveals the seven
great ages of British culture, uncovering and exploring over a thousand
years of extraordinary artistic achievement. Fresh, rich and full of
vivid insights into the triumphs and tragedies of the national past, the
stories unfold through an incredible collection of Treasures: From
Shakespeare's plays to colonial architecture in India. Pre-independence
through to 1st world war poster art are all covered in this fascinating
new series.

The Seven Ages of Man is a series of paintings by Robert Smirke, derived
from a monologue from William Shakespeare's As You Like It, spoken as
the melancholy Jaques in Act II Scene VII. The phrase begins as all the
world's a stage. The stages referred are: infant, schoolboy, lover,
soldier, justice, pantaloon and old age. Painted between 1798 and 1801,
they depict the journey of life in its various forms. They were produced
for the Boydell Shakespeare Gallery, and engravings by Peltro William
Tomkins, John Ogborne, Robert Thew, Peter Simon the Younger and William
Satchwell Leney based on Smirke's paintings were included in the
gallery's folio edition of Shakespeare's work.

Seven Ages of Britain - The Justice - Netflix

In this stage he thinks he has acquired wisdom through the many
experiences he has had in life, and is likely to impart it. He has
reached a stage where he has gained prosperity and social status. He
becomes vain and begins to enjoy the finer things of life and he attains
a socially accepted state and expounds the wisdom he has gained in his
life.